According to the World Health Organization, the number of measles cases in the world has quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019. They also said that this is “a clear trend”, as all regions around the globe have seen an uptick in measles outbreaks. According to the BBC: The UN says the disease is “entirely […] More
After having 153 diagnosed cases of Measles since October, Rockland County in the state of New York has declared a state of emergency and banned unvaccinated minors from being in some public areas. According to USA Today: Starting at midnight, anyone who is under 18 and not vaccinated against measles will be banned from public […] More
Anti-vaxxers are, quite literally, the worst. I’m trying so hard as I get older to not be so judgmental. Good people can disagree in good faith about almost any topic — taxes, war, religion, whatever — and I am trying to keep that in mind when I find people who disagree with me online. But anti-vaxxers test […] More
With officials in no less than three states dealing with the devastation of active measles outbreaks, the issue of vaccination, and those who put the lives of many in jeopardy by not vaccinating their children, has come to the fore. Despite the fact that study after study — one very recently and written about right […] More
In three states there are currently measles outbreaks that officials and medical professionals are working to get under control. That is, to put it lightly, pretty much a nightmare. Of course, it’s a mostly avoidable nightmare thanks to vaccines, but we live in 2019 and so thanks to the anti-vaxx movement, it’s a nightmare that’s […] More
According to the CBC, the father at the center of a measles outbreak in Vancouver didn’t vaccinate his children because he was afraid they could get autism. The CBC reported: In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Emmanuel Bilodeau said he and his then-wife were influenced by reports that linked the vaccine that prevents measles, mumps […] More
Fair warning, there are graphic images below. The Daily Mail reported that Dragana Petrovic shared images of her two year old daughter who passed away from Measles on an Australian Facebook page called Light for Riley, begging parents to vaccinate their children. Get our ‘Vaccines work’ shirt, available only in our store! Petrovic’s daughter, Nadja, had been diagnosed […] More
According to data from the Center for Disease Control, there have already been more cases of Measles in 2019 than there were in the entirety of 2010 or 2012. And if this pace stays the same, it will be on par with 1994, when there was 958 cases of Measles in the United States. via […] More
Last week, I wrote that almost all of the kids in the current measles outbreak were not vaccinated. My post of it on the ‘A Science Enthusiast’ Facebook page got over 4000 shares, which apparently included more than a few shares into anti-vaxxer groups. What I found most interesting about these people was that, despite […] More
According to the Clark County, Washington Department of Public Health, almost every single child in the current Measles outbreak wasn’t vaccinated. According to their website, 37 out of the 41 confirmed cases of Measles are in children who did not receive a vaccination for Measles. The vaccination status of four of the children are unknown. […] More
The governor of Washington has declared a state of emergency last week subsequent to a measles outbreak in Clark and King counties. So far, the state has confirmed that 35 children have measles, and there are eleven more cases pending verification. One would think that given the fact that we have the entirety of human knowledge […] More
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Vaccines work, vaccines are safe, and vaccines do not cause autism. Study after study has shown this to be the case. But ever since Andrew Wakefield published his fraudulent study, anti-vaxxers have perpetuated his narrative that the MMR vaccine causes autism. The sole reason […] More
